It used to be that players in professional sports could change teams only if they were traded, sold or released.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Could it be that after I sold it to the junk dealer he crashed it.

有可能是,当我把车卖给废品商后,他把车子毁了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Some of them could not be found even in stores that sold used books.

VOA: special.2010.01.10